Martyr
Holy Martyr Basilissa
September 3 Old CalendarSeptember 16 New Calendar
Life
A nine-year-old girl. She suffered in Nicomedia not long after the death of Saint Anthimus. The tormentors covered her entire body with wounds, but she remained faithful to Christ. God preserved her unharmed in fire and before wild beasts; seeing this, her torturer Alexander repented and received the faith of Christ. Basilissa went out into the field, fell to her knees to pray to God and give thanks for the torments she had endured, and in that act surrendered her spirit to God, around the year 309.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, September 3. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on September 3
The full reading for September 3 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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